Bolo may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* Bolo, a fictional tribe in ''bolo'bolo'' by P.M. * Bolo, a character in the ''

Shantae ''Shantae'' is a series of platform games developed by WayForward. The Shantae (character), eponymous heroine of the series, a half-genie, was created by Erin Bozon, while the games were created from this character by her husband Matt Bozon. The ...

'' series * ''Bolo'' universe, a science fiction universe created by Keith Laumer * Prince Bolo, a character in '' Haroun and the Sea of Stories''

Video games

* ''Bolo'' (1982 video game), an Apple II tank game * ''Bolo'' (1987 video game), a simulation of a tank battle * ''Bolo'' (''Breakout'' clone), an enhanced clone of the ''Breakout'' computer game for the Atari ST

Military and weapons

* Bolo Airfield, a World War II airfield on Okinawa * Bolo knife, a Filipino knife similar to the machete *

Bolo Shell A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small p ...

, a type of specialty shotgun shell * Douglas B-18 Bolo, a United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft from the 1930s *

Operation Bolo Operation Bolo was a United States Air Force mission during the Vietnam War, considered to be a successful combat ruse. The mission was a response to the heavy losses sustained during the Operation Rolling Thunder aerial-bombardment campaign of ...

, a United States military operation during the Vietnam War * Bolo, a variant of the

Mauser C96 The Mauser C96 (''Construktion 96'') is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937. Unlicensed copies of the gun were also manufactured in Spain and China in the first half of the 2 ...

semi-automatic pistol

People

Bolo (footballer) Jon Andoni Pérez Alonso (born 5 March 1974), known as Bolo, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a centre-forward. In a 15-year professional career, in which he represented six clubs, he appeared in 479 games in the tw ...

(born 1974), Spanish footballer *

Bolo (prince) Bolo ( Manchu: ''Bolo''; 1613 – 23 April 1652), formally known as Prince Duanzhong, was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty. He was born in the Aisin Gioro clan, the imperial clan of the Qing dynasty, as the third son of Abatai. Life B ...

(1613–1652), Manchu prince of the Qing Dynasty *

Bolo Pasha Bolo Pasha, originally named Paul Bolo, (24 September 1867, Marseilles – 17 April 1918, Vincennes) was a Frenchman who was a Levantine financier, traitor, and a German agent. ''The New York Times'' wrote that he "circumnavigated the globe, engage ...

(born Paul Bolo, 1867–1918), French adventurer and German agent of the First World War * Lashmer Whistler or Bolo (1898–1963), British general of the Second World War *

Bolo Yeung Yang Sze (; born 3 July 1946), better known as Bolo Yeung, is a Hong Kong former competitive bodybuilder, martial artist and a martial arts film actor. Globally known for his performances as Bolo in ''Enter the Dragon'' (starring Bruce Lee), an ...

(born 1946), Chinese actor and martial artist

Places

Bolo, Central African Republic Bolo is a village in the Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture in the northern Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to ...

Bolo, Ethiopia Bolo (Amharic language, Amharic "valley, trench") is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the North Shoa Zone of the Amhara Region, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1891 meters above sea level. Overview The market in Bol ...

, a village in Ethiopia * Bolo River, a river in Romania * Bolo, Tibet, a township in Tibet *

Bolo Township, Washington County, Illinois Bolo Township is located in Washington County, Illinois, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consis ...

, US * Ogu/Bolo, a Local Government Area of Nigeria * BOLO, Bos & Lommer, a neighbourhood of Amsterdam in the Netherlands

Other uses

BOLO Bolo may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Bolo, a fictional tribe in ''bolo'bolo'' by P.M. * Bolo, a character in the ''Shantae'' series * ''Bolo'' universe, a science fiction universe created by Keith Laumer * Prin ...

or all-points bulletin, in law enforcement *

Bolo (bread) ''Bolo'', also known as ''Bulu'', is a sweet, round bread of Sephardi Jewish origin which is commonly prepared by Tunisian Jews, Libyan Jews, and Italian Jews, among others, for the high holidays such as Rosh Hashanah and for other special occasio ...

, commonly prepared by Tunisian, Libyan, and Italian Jews *

Bolo (tether) Space tethers are long cables which can be used for propulsion, momentum exchange, stabilization and attitude control, or maintaining the relative positions of the components of a large dispersed satellite/spacecraft sensor system. Depending on t ...

, a type of spinning space tether *

Bolo bat Paddle ball is a one-person game played with a paddle and an attached ball. Using the flat paddle with the small rubber ball attached at the center via an elastic string, the player tries to hit the ball with the paddle in succession as many tim ...

, a child's toy * Bolo punch, a wide sweeping lower cut used in martial arts *

Bolo snake The Fiji snake (''Ogmodon vitianus''), also known as the Fiji cobra or Bolo snake, is a species of snake in the family Elapidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Ogmodon''. It is endemic to Fiji, found only on the island of Viti Levu Viti Le ...

or Fiji snake (''Ogmodon vitianus''), an extremely rare snake found only in Fiji * Bolo tie, a decorative string tie * Bolo, a derogatory term for Bolshevik * Bolo, a cake in

Portuguese cuisine The oldest known book on Portuguese cuisine, entitled ''Livro de Cozinha da Infanta D. Maria de Portugal'', from the 16th century, describes many popular dishes of meat, fish, poultry and others. ''Culinária Portuguesa'', by António-Maria De O ...

Bolo language Bolo, also known as Ngoya and Kibala, is a Bantu language of Angola that is closely related to Kimbundu. Name The only name for the language as a whole, 'Ngoya', was originally pejorative, though it is becoming increasingly accepted. 'Kibala' ...

, a Bantu language of Angola